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sherrod brown is going to tell us how he did it. tuesdays, think progress igor volsky from think progress here with us later in this hour. lynn sweet washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times" as a "friend of bill." lots of fun coming up. lots of important stuff to talk about including a bogus proposal by john boehner yesterday. on the fiscal cliff. but first... >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines making news, the most eagerly awaited pregnancy in recent times was announced yesterday. duchess kate middleton pregnant with what would be the third in line to the british throne. child of prince william. he and kate have been married for 19 months. kate was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering from acute morning sickness. she needed extra hydration and nutrients and will spend a couple of days there. she's reportedly not quite 12 weeks pregnant so she's likely due in may or june. >> bill: third in line. it would be charles then william and then the baby and harry gets pushed o
sherrod brown is going to tell us how he did it. tuesdays, think progress igor volsky from think progress here with us later in this hour. lynn sweet washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times" as a "friend of bill." lots of fun coming up. lots of important stuff to talk about including a bogus proposal by john boehner yesterday. on the fiscal cliff. but first... >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines...
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it depends on who runs against scott brown. i had a long talk saturday night with ed marquee congressman ed markey ninth in seniority in the house of representatives. he's told me, he told other people too, he would take a look at it which is just this short of saying he would definitely run. but if ed markee was senator from massachusetts, you would replace one champion on global warming with another one who is probably as informed and as passionate about the issue as john kerry is. >> absolutely. ed was the chief author of the climate change bill in the house. the same one that kerry led in the senate, eth has also done yeoman's work, going to these international conferences slogging through on international climate change and diplomacy issues. knows the issue. knows how it plays on the hill. it is a top tier issue for ed markee too. >> that would be great. >> now, you mentioned -- >> bill: we were chatting earlier, there could be some news from state department this week on an important issue. keystone. >> on keystone, yes.
it depends on who runs against scott brown. i had a long talk saturday night with ed marquee congressman ed markey ninth in seniority in the house of representatives. he's told me, he told other people too, he would take a look at it which is just this short of saying he would definitely run. but if ed markee was senator from massachusetts, you would replace one champion on global warming with another one who is probably as informed and as passionate about the issue as john kerry is. >>...
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this puts brown back in the running, who lost his seat to elizabeth warren last month. as for thecrats ed marky is likely their top choice. back to john kerry. he was originally the frontrunner for secretary of defense but now that susan rice has dropped out, clearing a path to secretary of state we will likely see chuck hagel take over the penitentiary pentagon. he is a republican, but he is known forthrowing elbows at members of his own party and he did travel with obama when they were senators. now, we will have more bill press coming up for you after the break, more discussion over susan rice, and we will hope to hear what you think of that in our chat room. join us there at current.com/billpress. see you there. [ music ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the bill price show. >> susan rice goes over the cliff. did she jump, or was she pushed? good morning, everybody. big question of the day here on bill press show this friday morning, december 14th. great to see you. thank you for joining us wherever you happen to be in this
this puts brown back in the running, who lost his seat to elizabeth warren last month. as for thecrats ed marky is likely their top choice. back to john kerry. he was originally the frontrunner for secretary of defense but now that susan rice has dropped out, clearing a path to secretary of state we will likely see chuck hagel take over the penitentiary pentagon. he is a republican, but he is known forthrowing elbows at members of his own party and he did travel with obama when they were...
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john mccain, kelly ayotte senator brasso scott brown, susan collins, olympia snowe, dick lugar lease a mckowski. the rest voted no lead by tea partyer mike lee from utah and the tea party said, no no, we can't do this because this is going to interfere with our national so far writtenty. no, it's not. and. >> and this is going to interfere with parents' rights to control their own children. >> we all want to support the best interest of the child every child but i and many of my constituents including those who send their children to private or religious schools very long justifiable doubts that foreign u.n. body, a committee operating out of geneva switzerland should decide what is in the best interest of the child at home. insane. totally insane. >> that's are the flat earnthers. mike lee was joined by surprise surprise, rick santorum that said this will prevent parents. again, again, the treaty on disabledties just says all of the disabled people around the world should have the same opportunities that the united states does. hold the united states up in the americans disabilititi
john mccain, kelly ayotte senator brasso scott brown, susan collins, olympia snowe, dick lugar lease a mckowski. the rest voted no lead by tea partyer mike lee from utah and the tea party said, no no, we can't do this because this is going to interfere with our national so far writtenty. no, it's not. and. >> and this is going to interfere with parents' rights to control their own children. >> we all want to support the best interest of the child every child but i and many of my...
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he would be a formidable cabdate. >> and cot brown would like to move run for governor. they have a history of republican governors even before mitt romney, bill weld a bunch of others. >> that's not unheard of. >> it wouldn't be necessaryily the end of the world in terms of senate for president obama to appoint john kerri as secretary of state. now we get to secretary of defense. the buzz in washington on the front page of "the hill," a republican, chuck hagel, former senator from nebraska. >> a per en y'all bride's maid. enial bride's maid. >> i heard from two people who pretend they have good sources in the defense department michelle floronoy said president obama wanted to appoint her as defense secretary when robert gates left but felt he couldn't have. this is such inside washington. development we love this. >> waiting for someone to mention sam nun's name the obligatory sam nun mention. >> talk about bride's maid but wanted to nominate her. felt like he couldn't have one at state and one at defense in his first term. but now he can do anything he wants. >> gloves
he would be a formidable cabdate. >> and cot brown would like to move run for governor. they have a history of republican governors even before mitt romney, bill weld a bunch of others. >> that's not unheard of. >> it wouldn't be necessaryily the end of the world in terms of senate for president obama to appoint john kerri as secretary of state. now we get to secretary of defense. the buzz in washington on the front page of "the hill," a republican, chuck hagel,...
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., republicans control the legislature and not compromise on anything with governor brown to try to get new revenue and spending cuts as well. the voters this year not only endorsed the initiative which would raise taxes or some taxes in order to get some new revenue. they approved that. but they also cleaned house, threw the republicans out of the legislature and gave the democrats a veto-proof majority or filibuster majority whatever. to get things done. you see the people who are really the obstacles to any progress, you know, like in michigan, you have got to go in and clean house. >> yeah. >> the voters of california saw that. you couldn't get anything done with those republicans in charge. >> let's look at how we had the rocker fellers and we had the vanderbilts and the carniagos,. what will happen to the common worker? they were used and abused and treated, you know, very, very poorly poorly. and we are seeing the pattern where we have republicans unabashedly, viciously ripping apartment the middle class. these guys would have my mom, you know, when she was on social security and
., republicans control the legislature and not compromise on anything with governor brown to try to get new revenue and spending cuts as well. the voters this year not only endorsed the initiative which would raise taxes or some taxes in order to get some new revenue. they approved that. but they also cleaned house, threw the republicans out of the legislature and gave the democrats a veto-proof majority or filibuster majority whatever. to get things done. you see the people who are really the...
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the chief panthers games and did not say bellcher or cassandra perkins or say the word "murder" james brown on cbs says kansas city chiefs reelingal. i don't think the networks really realized. maybe they realize it but i don't think they quite realize by saying nothing, they are actually saying something. about their own perspective about the role of ball relative to this terrible tragedy. and i do give bob costas a lot of credit even if maybe that wouldn't be what i would have said, maybe that's not what i think, it's politically most pertinent message at this flash moment, i think we have an obligation people in the media, to say something. >> yeah. absolutely. >> to see is say something. >> to report what it was. it was murder? right? and suicide using a gun. >> anybody that watches sports be on the weekend or whatever it happens, do yourself as a favor and follow dave at edge of sports. dave, you pointed that out yesterday that none of the football programming made any reference to it until later on in the day. that really was tragic. >> dave zirin, thanks so much. see you soon. he is
the chief panthers games and did not say bellcher or cassandra perkins or say the word "murder" james brown on cbs says kansas city chiefs reelingal. i don't think the networks really realized. maybe they realize it but i don't think they quite realize by saying nothing, they are actually saying something. about their own perspective about the role of ball relative to this terrible tragedy. and i do give bob costas a lot of credit even if maybe that wouldn't be what i would have said,...
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senator sherrod brown telling politico, this proposal the changed cpi, is terrible. raoul grialva, co-chair of the progressive caucus says any talk of shrinking the program to save money is flawed from the start because social security is not part of the national budget in the same way as military spending. charlie rangel from new york said, a move toward a chained consumer price index will be a long-term benefit cut for every single person who receives a social security check. congressman peter welch from vermont who will be with us in studio in the next hour saying that this is unacceptable to democrats and the question is: why would the president do this? after -- why would he pull the rug out from under democrats who following his lead have said, no way are we going to touch social security. now, the very first compromise, the very first compromise, what happened? social security is back on the table and benefits are cut. outrageous, a sellout. i think the president has one more time, you know, stabbed us in the back. and what i am worried is: what's next? this i
senator sherrod brown telling politico, this proposal the changed cpi, is terrible. raoul grialva, co-chair of the progressive caucus says any talk of shrinking the program to save money is flawed from the start because social security is not part of the national budget in the same way as military spending. charlie rangel from new york said, a move toward a chained consumer price index will be a long-term benefit cut for every single person who receives a social security check. congressman...
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for scott brown. >> i don't think so. first of all, it is unsure who's going to be in the race. we have several members of congress who were strong candidates who i think can definitely win. the other wild card, of course, bill is does governor duval patrick decide he wants to run? very popular in the state right now. i honestly think -- if he would run and i'm not sure whether it is some say he's not i think he would beat scott brown handily. >> bill: i had a long conversation with ed markey who was up-front about seriously thinking about running. >> right. >> bill: i don't think he would run against duval patrick. he would be another very strong candidate. >> several points in his career, he's going to run for the senate. we actually were up there working on his campaign in 1984. if you can believe that. when he was thinking of running then john kerry got in and he dropped out. he had a headquarters and you know who his campaign manager was at that time? one ron clain. >> bill: chief staff went on to become chief of sta
for scott brown. >> i don't think so. first of all, it is unsure who's going to be in the race. we have several members of congress who were strong candidates who i think can definitely win. the other wild card, of course, bill is does governor duval patrick decide he wants to run? very popular in the state right now. i honestly think -- if he would run and i'm not sure whether it is some say he's not i think he would beat scott brown handily. >> bill: i had a long conversation with...
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this happens to be -- i love this purple and kind of brown and green or whatever it is. >> very nice. >> bill: and rayon chenille scarves hand woven by carol press, the talented member of the family. go to billpressshow.com if you're interested in maybe picking up one. she has lots of different designs. photos up there dan has posted. lots to choose from but time is running out. so today's your last day to get your order in for this holiday season. >> the colors are accurately described on the web site unlike how you just said i don't know what color this is. >> bill: it is purple and -- >> green and some -- >> bill: a nice mix. >> patterns. >> bill: good for man or woman. >> absolutely. >> bill: billpressshow.com follow the link to carol's scarves. it is easy. she's standing by, probably up at this hour to make sure i'm wearing one. we'll get back to your calls about the fiscal cliff and whether -- we told president obama is still the best way to go. remember there's some risk here. the risk is if we do go over the cliff, allow taxes -- that means taxes on every american will go up.
this happens to be -- i love this purple and kind of brown and green or whatever it is. >> very nice. >> bill: and rayon chenille scarves hand woven by carol press, the talented member of the family. go to billpressshow.com if you're interested in maybe picking up one. she has lots of different designs. photos up there dan has posted. lots to choose from but time is running out. so today's your last day to get your order in for this holiday season. >> the colors are accurately...
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. >> 2014 is going to be a big big race then. >> shelly brown says have a heart, especially at this time of year! whom do you serve sir? and one final one on that theme this time of year, truth prevails says i hope your visit from the ghosts of past, you're on the wrong side of history dude. >> bill: president obama jumped on this right away. >> good for him. >> bill: i've talked to several of the union presidents yesterday who said they're going to put -- full push here. what they're trying to do is because they have tho tweak it today in the legislature, the governor has said he will sign it and what they're trying to do is two fronts. one is to convince the governor no, you were right the first time when you said you would not sign it. so don't -- just reverse course here and go back to where you started. and what he promised. not to sign it. and the other is trying to get a measure added to the initiative which would put it up immediately for a vote of the people like the collective bargaining issue in ohio so the people of michigan would have a chance to ratify or repeal what the le
. >> 2014 is going to be a big big race then. >> shelly brown says have a heart, especially at this time of year! whom do you serve sir? and one final one on that theme this time of year, truth prevails says i hope your visit from the ghosts of past, you're on the wrong side of history dude. >> bill: president obama jumped on this right away. >> good for him. >> bill: i've talked to several of the union presidents yesterday who said they're going to put -- full...
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and way back in the days when i used to work with jerry brown, we talked about finding the skills that companies need for their special products, you know, computers or iphones or wind turbins or solar panels or whatever and making sure to be teaching those skills in our community colleges and vocational schools. you have to marry the two. but clearly, with that, americans can certainly do those jobs. but that's just one little point of difference here i think this is great news. let us know what you think about it 866-55-press. i will be damn honest with you. as a liberal and saz a progressive, i have been really feeling guilty about all of my apple stuff. i bought two ipads at christmas last year, one for each of our sons, i bought my new i-5, the day it can came out. i love their products. they are fabulous products. i don't think there is anything can compare. i wouldn't consider buying any other kind of phone for example. i am going to get a new computer. guess what: i am going to get a new mac. but now i feel i can do so and feel -- i certainly feel better about it. i want all of
and way back in the days when i used to work with jerry brown, we talked about finding the skills that companies need for their special products, you know, computers or iphones or wind turbins or solar panels or whatever and making sure to be teaching those skills in our community colleges and vocational schools. you have to marry the two. but clearly, with that, americans can certainly do those jobs. but that's just one little point of difference here i think this is great news. let us know...